Increased earnings cited as major reason for growth Editor’s Note: This article contains information that has been revised from the print version of The Chronicle‘s August 4 issue. After The Chronicle went to press, it learned that General Motors had provided incorrect information about its giving…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Increased earnings cited as major reason for growth After two years of steady declines due to a stagnant economy and volatile stock market, the nation’s largest ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Charitable Giving at Major CorporationsCorporate Giving: Statistical DataHow Much Companies Gave to Tsunami-Relief…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Software Mogul Expected to Give Harvard $115-Million
Lawrence J. Ellison, chief executive of Oracle software company, plans to give $115-million to Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., to study global health. University officials said they had not agreed yet on the terms of the gift, but after a report in the Harvard Crimson, the university’s…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Medical School Receives $28.5-Million; Other Gifts
Four institutions have received big gifts: Wright State University’s School of Medicine, in Dayton, Ohio, has been given $28.5-million by Oscar Boonshoft, a retired engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in Ohio, and his family. Mr. Boonshoft, a trustee of the university’s foundation,…
Soros Pledges $206-Million to Hungarian University
George Soros, the international financier and philanthropist, has pledged $206-million to the endowment of Central European University, a Budapest graduate school founded shortly after the collapse of Eastern Europe’s Communist regimes. The university generally teaches in English and takes a…
$20-Million Gift Sparks a Guessing Game
In what is quickly becoming one of the most open secrets in the nonprofit world, Michael Bloomberg, New York’s mayor, has apparently made another big gift to charity. Last month, just as it had done in each of the previous three years, the Carnegie Corporation of New York announced that it had…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Brain-Tumor Research to Get $6-Million From Alliance of Charities and Foundations
Frustrated by slow progress in the fight against brain cancer, eight charities and foundations have joined forces to provide up to $6-million in grants for research projects that explore new ways of treating the deadly disease. “We’ve really come together to amplify the community’s dissatisfaction…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Comprehensive Look at 2003 Grant Making Shows Gifts of $30.3-Billion, a 0.4% Decline
Foundation giving slipped in 2003 to $30.3-billion, despite the beginning of the stock-market recovery and the creation of more than 1,500 new grant-making foundations, according to a report by the Foundation Center, in New York. The 0.4-percent dip in grants was concentrated among private…
By Caroline Preston
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Charities and celebrities try to keep spotlight on antipoverty efforts after Live 8 concerts By Suzanne Perry Fresh from a high-profile campaign to persuade a summit of major industrialized nations to adopt measures to fight global poverty, a diverse coalition of international-relief groups,…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Photograph by Joaquin Cotten As afternoon rush hour builds on the highway that parallels the Bronx River, commuters can sometimes glimpse a calmer scene on the murky water: a group of teenagers rowing. They are there as part of a nonprofit effort known as Rocking the Boat. The charity was started…
By nicole lewis
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Many charities need improvement when it comes to communication practices, experts sayMichael Reynolds, a retired corporate marketing executive, now works three days a week at Sempervirens Fund, a ALSO SEE:Communications Help: a Sampling of Resources Los Altos, Calif., group that works to preserve…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Donations to charities rose by 2.3% in 2004Donations to America’s charities appear to be on the rise after several challenging years. “Giving USA,” an annual ALSO SEE: Wealthy Americans Are Putting More and More Money Into Foundations Giving to Charities in 2004 Giving as a Percentage of the U.S.…
By Debra E. Blum
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Making Sure Girls Have a Room of Their Own
Twice a week, a group of about 16 girls gather in Alexandria, Va., to get homework help, eat a nutritious dinner, and work on art projects that they can use to decorate their bedrooms. The two-year-old program -- called Space of Her Own -- is a fusion of social services and art instruction that…
By Leah Kerkman
Contributor
$42.5-Million Committed to Va. University; Other Gifts
Four institutions have received big gifts: William H. Goodwin Jr., chairman and president of CCA Industries, a holding company in Richmond, Va., and his wife, Alice, have committed $32.5-million to Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, for its School of Engineering. The Goodwins plan to…
$100-Million Pledged to Rockefeller U.
David Rockefeller has made his second $100-million pledge in three months, announcing that Rockefeller University would receive that sum after he dies. In April, Mr. Rockefeller said the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, would also get $100-million from his estate. Mr. Rockefeller, who this month…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Snack inventor brings vision of future to philanthropyNewport Beach, Calif. After Paul Merage hit upon the basic formula for the Hot Pocket, he began filling the calzone-type sandwich with anything that would sell -- pizza, barbecued beef, even broccoli and cheese -- before spinning off variations…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor